Type-writer.



E. H. ALBERTSON.

- TYPE WRITER. Arrmoinon FILED JULY 31, 1912.

1,082,671. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES B. H. ALBERTSON. TYPE WRITER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 31,1912.

Patented Dec. 30,1913.

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l I I I l INVENTOR E. H. ALBERTSON.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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ATTORNEYS E. H. ALBBRTSON.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 31, 1912. 1,082,671 Patented Dec. 30, 1913 h e snnms-snnm 4.

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' ATTORNEYS E. H. ALBERTSON.

TYPE WRITER.

APPLIOETION FILED JULYSI, 1912.

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Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

E. H; ALBBRTSON. TYPE WRITER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1912.

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ERNEST ALB'ERTSON, or nnwanx, NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITER.

Speciflcationof Letters Patent. Patented D c, 30, 1913, Application filed my 31, 1912'. Serial No. 712,379.

of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-WVriters, of which the following is a specification, such as-will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. a

This invention relates totypewriting machines, and the object thereof is to provide animproved machine of this class having a consists of a main back art and a supplemental front part'adapted to'be foldedbackwardly over .and on the back part, whereby the. machine may be.made to: occupy the smallest possible space for packing, shipping and carrying purposes, and which when "the .parts are folded together will. be rectangular in form, and may be placed in a box or case of comparatively small dimensions and conveniently transported or carried from one place to ,another; a further .object being to provide amachine of the class specified with an im roved key action which is strong and dura 1e, and simple in construction and operation, and which while being particularly adapted. to a machine of the two part frame construction specified may also be employed in other machines of this class having the usual frame construction; a further object being to provide a machinehaving the two part fra-me construction specified with a key lever construction or action consistingof separate parts, that part which carries the keys being pivoted in the. supplemental front frame member and being adapted to be folded backwardly therewith over the back part of the frame in which the other arts of the. key action are.

' mounted; a still urt'her object being to provide a typewriting machine with improved. means for holdin the papei in connection with the platen cy inder and for facilitating its connection with and detachment fromsaid cylinder; and with these other ob- 'jects, as hereinafter set ,eut, in view, the invention consists in atyp'ewriting machine constructed and operating as hereinafter described and claimedm 'The invention,is fail-y disclosed in the following specificatiomrof. which theaecdmpanyingdrawing forms apart, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved typewriting ma chine with a part of. the back frame member brolten away; Fig. 2 a plan j viewof the front partof the machine with arts omitted and, parts broken awayand in section, and showmg the front portion of the back .frame member with some of the operative parts connected therewith; Fig. 3 a

central vertical lon itudinal section through standard keyboard and the frame of which the machine and slowing the front frame.

part with the key levers mounted therein infull lilies in their normal position and indicating the same as folded backwardly over Ithe back of the machine in dotted lines; Fig.

4 a partial section on the line 4- of Fi 1; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 3 but show;

,'ing only details of the construction pertaining to the ribbon shift mechanism and'a.

part of the key bar action; Fig. 6 a front detail view of a part. of the ribbon shift imcclianism shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 a plan view of the construction shown in Fig. 6;

'Fig. 8 a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 a back view of the means employed for holding the paper in connection with the platen cylinder and forming a guide therefor; Fig. 10 a rear detail view of the universal bar employed in connection with and as a part of the type bar mechanism; Fig.

11 a partial section on the line 11-11 of.

Fig. 3; Fig. 12 a side elevation of that part of one of the s ace key levers mounted in the front part 0 the frame'and two of which are employed; Fig. 13 a side elevation of that part of one of the shift key levers mounted in the front part of the frame" and two. of which are employed; Fig. 14 a section on the line let-14 of Fig. 1; Fig. 15 a section on the line 15-15 of Fig. 3; Fig. 16

a plan view of aball bearing. bar two of which are employed in the carria e con struction; and, Fig. 17 a side yiew o a wellknown escapem'ent device which controls the movement of the laten cylinder carriage and which is also s own in Fig. 4."

In the practice of my invention, I provide av frame comprising a back part a'a'nd a front part b, and the back' part a comprises similar side plates (1, a back plate a, a front plate a, and a top plate a, and.the front1 Wilt" 0 at the bottom of which is a segment 0 provided with kerfs or slots 0" in which the rear'end portions of the type bars are pivoted, as hereinafter described. The front part b of the frame comprises two similar side plates 6 a front plate 12 and an interior transverse comb plate 6* and a top back plate 6 which is inclined forwardly and downwardly, and is provided with a front downwardly directed plate I) which over- 1 laps the top of the comb plate to which said comb plate is secured, andsaid comb plate is made detachable to facilitate the assembling of that part of the operative mechanism ,mounted in the front part of the frame. The side plates 6 of the front frame member are curved downwardly and forwardly.

and at the back edge ofthe top plate b of the front frame member is a transverse rod Z) on which the front frame member is mounted, and the front top portion of the back part of the ffame is provided with a central long keeper 6, and. the frontframe member is provided with two shorter keepers 6" through which the rod Z2 passes, and the length of the keeper 6? is preferably the same as the transverse width of the central opening a in the top plate of the back frame member, and by means of ,this construction,

the front. frame member may be turned backwardly over the back frame member,'as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, in order that the machine as a whole may be made to occupy a small rectangular space and be thus capable of being packed in a small rectangular box or case for shipment or other purposes.

In order to provide a finished connection between the front and back frame members when in their operative position, as shown in Fig. 1, I provide theside plates of the front frame member at the back edge thereof with ribs or cleats 0 which overlap the front edges of the side plates of the back frame -member, and pivoted to the sides of the back frame member as shown at 0 are spring catches 0" having yoke-shaped loops a which are adapted to engage the ribs or cleats 0 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 14, so as to hold the front and back frame members in close connection in their operative position and which are adapted to be raised, as indicated in Fig. 1, so as to permit the front frame member to be folded backwardly, and the side plates of the back frame member are provided with stop pins 0 which limit the downward movement of the catches a.

The transverse plate 6 in the front frame member is provided with equally spaced vertical slots 0?, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 11, and at .the top of which is secured a transverse keeper d in which is secured a transverse bufi'er strip d in connection with which that part of the key levers mounted in the front frame operate.

My machine also involves a standard keyboard comprising the ordinary writing keys 6, side shift keys 7, two of which are employed,-and a front central'transverse space key 9.. The keys e are provided with the usual key levers 6 the shift keys f with the usual shift key levers f and the space key 9 with the usual two space key levers g and the key levers 6 f? and g are provided at their rear ends respectively with downwardly and backwardly directed arms 6 f and g in which are pivoted grooved anti-friction rollers e, f and g, and said key levers are also provided with upwardly directed arms 6 f and g and the arms 6 and g of the key levers e and g are pivoted to a transverse rod h in the top back portion of the front frame member,yand this rod passes through a transverse bar it having kerfs h and the bar If is held in place, in the construction shown, by screws it passed .throughthe side plates of the front frame member into the ends thereof, or in any "other desired manner.

Mounted in the top part of the front frame member forwardly of and below the transverse rod h is a transverse tube it pro-.

vided with depending end flanges h", and

this tube is held'in place by screws h passed inwardly through the side plates of the front frame member and having extensions h which enter the ends of said tube, and on iwhich said tube is free to rock. The extensions 71, of the screws it also pass through apertures h in the ends of the arms f of the -f shift key levers f and said arms f are provided with small apertures k through which are passed screws or pins h which are also passed through the flanges 72 on the ends of the tube 71- and by means of this construction the shift key levers are locked together and' to the tube b and the depression or operation of either of the shift keys f will operate the other at the opposite sides of the machine as will be readily understood.

That part of the key action mounted in the back frame member is as follows. The key levers e in the front part of the frame are represented in the back part of the frame by type bars 71 provided at their front ends with heads i carrying large and small typed and 71* and provided at their rear ends with upwardly directed earsi' pivoted rear ends with downwardly and backwardly directed cars 11 to which are pivoted forwardly directed links i which are pivoted at their front ends to cam levers i which are pivoted on a transverse rod 3', and mounted in a transverse bar 9' similar to the transverse bar it and held in place/by screws i passed inwardly through the side plates of theback frame member, and said bar 3' is provided with kerfs similar to those in the bar If. It will be observed thatthe links i are pivoted to'the upper ends or arm portions of the levers 41, while the lower end or arm portions thereof are provided at their front edges with cam faces j on which the rollers e in the arms 0. of the key levers e? o erate.

ounted in the front of the back frame member'is a segmentally curved support j provided with a cushion strip j on which the heads 7? of the type bars 2' rest.

The space key levers g are represented in the back frame member by cam levers j which are freely suspended from the rod 9', and which are provided with front cam faces 9', as shown in Fig. 12, and in connec tion with which the rollers g in the arms 9 of the shift key leversg operate, this construction being similar to that of 'the lower end portions of the cam levers i"..

The shift key levers f are represented in the back part of the frame by cam levers 3' shown in. Fig. 13, and these cam levers j? are exactly of the same form as the cam levers 2', and are mounted on the same rod 9', and their lower end-portions are provided with front cam faces 9' in connection with which the rollers 7 in the arms f of the shift key levers f operate, and it will therefore be seen that the printing key levers a the shift key levers f and the space key-1e vers 9 all operate in connection with levers suspended from the rod 3' and'at each depression pr operation of the printing keys 0, or of the space keys 9 a universal bar In will be operated, but the operation of the shift keys f or the shift key levers f does not affect the universal bar is, this result:

being made possible by reason of the factf that the bar In is shorter than the transverse:

dimensions of the frame, as shown in Fig. l

I 10, the lower ends of the arms 10 which sup-Z port'said bar being set inwardly to form; spaces at the ends of said bar on which theE The universal bar is is provided at its ends with arms as shown in Figs 8 nd 10, which are plyoted to the side plates; a of the back frame memberby means of screws k", and the arms k are provided at;

their upper ends with inwardly set portions .16" with whichi areoonnected tension'springs 70 which are secured to the side plates of the back. frame member at k", and said springs operate to normally hold the bar it in operative position.

Connected with the upper ends of:t he cam levers i in connection with which the shift key levers f operate are links In similar to the links i and these links la are connected at their rear ends with bell crank levers la pivoted at k to the side plates of the back frame member, and the lower arms of the crank .levers k are provided with slots is through which are passed )in's k" connected with vertically movable are m arranged inwardly and bearing on the sides of the back frame member, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and pivotally connected with the bars in at different points are link members In which are anchored to=the sides of the back frame member at m, and which permit of the vertical movement of the bars in, while holding them in proper operative position,

as'hereinafter described, and the side plates of the back frame member are provided with lugs m through which are passed set screws m", which bear on and limit the movement of the bars at, and said bars m are connected with and operate in connection with the platen cylinder carriage as hereinafter described.

The platen cylinder at is supportedby a carriage n which is mounted in the'transiverse opening in the top of the back frame member" and extends above said frame member. 'The bars m are provided at the top thereof with cross heads m which carry parallel transverse bars 112 and onwhich are mounted corresponding bars m which have a longitudinal movement independent of the bars m and between which and the bars an" are placed ball bearing bars m, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 16, and in the ends of which are mounted anti-friction balls at and these balls operate in grooves m in the bottom of the bars m and in the top of the bars m, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the bars m are movable longitudinally, or are what are known as floatin bars, and the movement thereof is limited y pins m secured in the ends of said bars m and m, and in the grooves m.

Secured to the outer sides of the bars m are hangers 0 provided attheir lower ends with inwardly set rollers 0 which bear on the bottoms of the bars m and these hangers ;'top thereofby transverse frame members 0' having raised end supports or frame members 0" and 0 mlth e front top portion of which trunnions a of the platen cylinder at are mounted, and the parts m, m m 0 and a constlt-ute the body portion or mam part of the carriage. The left hand end support or frame member 0 of the carriage is pro- 'vided, at the top thereof with 'twobearmgs :i

in which is mounted a rock shaft 0 which ranges forwardly and backwardly and which is provided at its front end with a lever 0 which is fixedto the shaft 0 and at its rear end with an arm 0 to which ispivoted a pawl 79 which operates in connection with a circular ratchet p on the corresponding end ofthe platen cylinder at, and this pawl is held in engagement with said ratchet by a spring 7) which. also bears on the bottom face of the arm 0 and holds said arm and the lever 0 in inoperative position, and this constitutes the line spacing mechanism, and

no part of my invention.

secured to the end support 0 of the carriage frame is a leaf spring 7%, which carries a knob 72 shown in full lines in Fig. 4, and in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and which operates in connection with the ratchet p to regulate and prevent the too freerotation of the platen cylinder.

Mounted on the trunnions of the platen cylinder at are arms p which carry the escapcment rack bar which occupicsthe usual position beneath the platen cylinder n, and connected with the right hand end of the carriage frame is a strap p which is wound on a spring drum p beneath the left hand end of the carriage frame, and between the bottom horizontal bars 771 of the carriage, said drum being supported by a hanger 72 secured to one of the bars in, said hanger being providedwith a stud pin 7)? on which the .drum p is mounted and the strap is secured to said drum, and the drum 1) operates, or is operated in the usual manner to move the carriage to the left in the operation of the machine.

The bottom bars m of the carriage are pr0- vided approximately centrally thereof with transverse hangers 'rto which is pivoted a vertically arranged escapement' device. r comprising a vertically arranged bar 1' through the upper end portion of which at 1' is passed a bolt 1- which also passes through the hangers 1*, and pivoted to the upper end portion of thebar r at 7" is a block W with which is connected a wedgeshaped member 1 the connection of the parts Wand r at 1' being an ordinary elbow joint, and the nose of the wedge-shaped member 1' operates in connection with the teeth of the rack bar 7) as does also the nose or end portion 1 of the bar W. A tension spring r is connected with the wedge-shaped member 7' and with one of the bottom bars at of the carriage and another tension spring 1 is secured to the block r and to the said bar at, and these springs operate in opposite directions, all this construction pertaining to the escapement device r being old and well known and forming The bottom of the bar 1* is provided with a slot 7* and connected therewith is a links, thisconnection being made by means of a pin or bolt 8 shown in Figs. 3, 1 and 17, and the front end thereof is connected with the universal bar is centrally thereof as shown at s in Fig. 3.

- At the back of the top part of the carriage orplaten roller support 1s mounted a trans verse rod s on which is mounted a top rock plate 8 and a bottom rock plate 8 the top rock plate a being provided with end cars 8 and the bottom rock plate 8 with loops 8 through which the rod 8 passes. Secured to the plate 8 centrally thereof is a supplemental plate 8 having downwardly and forwardly curved fingers 8 the object of which is to hold the plate '8 in the full line position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 so as to hold the paper in close connection with the platen cylinder, and when the plate 8 is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the plate 8 will be in its rearmost position as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 3. The plate 8 is provided centrally of the back thereof wit-h ears 8 between which is mounted a roller 8 which operates through a corresponding opening in said plate as shown at s, and in the operation of the machine, the roller 8 bears on the paper that is mounted on the platen cylinder, and another and smaller roller 8 is mounted in the front edge portion of the plate 8 and also bears on; the paper in the operation v of printing, and these rollers serve to guide the paper as it passes around the platen cylinder and also hold it in proper position on said cylinder.

Pivoted to the back of the plate 8 and centrally thereof, as shown at t, is a catch 26 provided adjacent to its pivoted support with a finger t and at the end with a rightangled hook t which is pivoted thereto and when the front frame member 6 is folded back over the back frame member, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the plate i is swung forwardly and the finger t of the catch 15 passes through an opening 6 in said plate andbeneaththe front plate 6 of the front frame member, and the hook i is folded over the top edge of said plate 6 all'as clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and this holds the front frame member in its folded position. m/A

y The universal bar kjs pr ed approximately centrally thereof and at the side of the ears 8 with which theescapement link s is connected with cars a to which is pivoted,

a link t similar to the link 8, but which forms a part of the ribbon shift mechanism,

and the link 25 extends backwardly and connected with the rear end thereof at .t is a lever t which is pivoted at u in a bracket a secured to the segment plate 0 and to the top of which is pivoted a bell crank if, the longer arm of which extends forwardly and upwardly and is provided with a slot seesaw u through which passes a cross pin a a is provided at its upper en'dewith a yokeshaped device a forming part of a ribbon shiftihea'd a" through which the ribbon a is passed, and the ribbon/a is mounted on spools a supported over the opposite side portions of the top of the back frame memher in the usualfmanner, and the shift head a is provided with a vertically arranged plate a the top portion of which is provided with guides a between which the heads 2' of the, type bar members 2' pass in the'operation of printing.

The ribbon shift head a is of the usual construction and forms no part of. my in vention, but with the construction herein shown and described it will be understood that at each backward movement of 'the universal bar is, which movement may be effectedeither by the type keys 6, or the space key g, and each time that a type 'key e is operated the ribbon at? is raised into the position shown in Fig. 5 and intothe position shown in Fig. 3, and at the same time the corresponding type bar 2' is operated and thrown into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the type thereon strikes the ribbon and a corresponding impression is made on thepaper mounted on the cylinder n and the moment that the key is released the shift head it drops into its lowest-po-sition and the type bar z returns to its normal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3. x i

Connected with the arms k of the universal bar is and approximately centrally of said arms and below the pivotal supports it thereof are links Q) which constitute a part of the ribbon feed mechanism and with which are connected vertically arranged levers o pivoted at v to the side plates a of the back frame member, and the levers o are provided at their upper ends with pivoted bars a) whicl'i'operate through guides o secured to the top plate a of the back frame member, and the bars 1)? are provided with pivoted spring-operated pawls v, which'operate in connectionwith ,ratchets o secured on the lower ends of vertically arranged shafts r on which the ribbon s ools u are loosely mounted, and the she ts a) are provided with set'nuts v? by means of which said spools may be secured in position so that they will rotate with the. shafts :0 and: in the operation of the machine, one of the spools a is always loose on its correspond-' ing shaft, while the other is secured to its shaft, and this result is best accomplished by means of collars v secured on the bottom portions of the shafts v and on which the spools u rest, and it will be understood that in the operation of the-'machine the spools a turn in oppositedlr'ections alter:

natcly according to the direction in; which the ribbon is moving, and in order to accomplish this result the ratchets 'v on the opposite sides of the machine are turned in opposite direction.

The escapement rack bar p is provided centrally with a spiral spring w which is secured to the front bar m of the carriage frame, and'said spring serves to hold the bar p in contact withdownwardly directed steps 10 with which the transverse carriage frame members 0 are provided, and by means of this construction the bar is normally held in connection with the part 0 of the escapement device r The'operati'on will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in'connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement thereof.

The carriage frame is manipulated in one direction by the operation of the escapement device T or this operation may be effected by means of the handles w of the arms but said carriage is moved in the opposite direction by means of the lever 0 and this operation is necessary at the end of each printed line and is similar to that of other machines of this class.

It will be understood that the platen cylinder carriage n is vertically movable, said carriage being raised by each downward movement. of the shift keys f, or one of them, and normally drops back by gravity after pressure on said key or "keys is removed, and in thisoperation the links at prevent any lateral movement of said carriage, and this raising of the carriage is effected each time that it is desired to print a letter or character inupper case.

The construction of the operation of the? operation thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the parts 6 i and i constitute, in effect, divided key bars for operating the type bars i and it will also be seen that the distinctive elements of-this construction are the levers i. F

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure b Letters Patent, is;- v .7

1.- In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of aback-part and a front part, said front part being provided with a standard key board comprising writing-key. levers, space-key levers and shift-key levers, said key levers being pivotally suspended in said front part and being provided with composed of back and front parts, the front part being provided with a standard key board comprising writing key levers, space key levers and shiftkey levers, and said back part being provided with a transversely arranged row of pivoted cam levers which equal inlnumber said key levers and in connection with which said key levers operate, the back part being also provided rearwardly of said cam levers with a tran s- L versely and pivotally supported universal bar in connection with which the cam levers which correspond with the writing key levers and space key levers operate.

3. In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of back and front parts, the front part being provided with a standard key board comprising writing key levers, space key levers and shift key levers, and said back part being provided with a transversely arranged row of pivoted cam levers which equal in number said key levers and in connection with which saidkey levers operate, the back part being also provided rearwardly of said cam levers with a transversely and pivotally supported universal bar in connection with which the cam levers which correspond with the writing key levers and space key levers operate, said universal bar being shortened at its ends to permit of the independent operation of the shift key levers and their corresponding camlevers.

4. In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of front and back parts, the front part being provided with a standard key board comprising writing key levers, space key levers and shift key levers, said back part being provided with a transversely arranged row of pivoted cam levers which equal in number said key levers, and in connection with which said key levers operate, the back 'part being also provided rearwardly of said cam levers with a transversely arranged and pivotally supported universal bar in connection with which the cam levers which correspond Withthe writsaid universal bar being shortened at its ends to permit of the independent operation of the shift key levers and their corresponding cam levers.

5. In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of a front part, and a back part hinged to the'front part and adapted to be folded thereover, said front part being provided with a standard key board comprising writing key levers, space key levers and shift key levers, and said back part being provided with a transversely arranged row of pivoted cam levers which equal in number said key levers and in connection with which said key levers operate.

6. In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of a back part, and a front part secured to said back part and adapted to be folded backwardly thereover, said front part being provided with a key board comprising writing-key levers, space-key levers' and. shift-key levers, all pivotally suspended in the front part and provided with downwardly and backwardly directed arms adapted to extend into the back part, and said back part being provided with a series of corresponding cam levers adapted to be actuated by said key-levers.

7. In a typewriting machine, a frame composed of a back part, and a front part secured to said back part and adapted to be folded backwardly thereover, said front part being provided with a key board comprising writing-key levers, space-key levers and shift-key levers, all-pivotally suspended in the front part and provided with downwardly and backwardly directed arms adapted to extend into the back part, and said back part being provided with a series of corresponding cam levers adapted to be actuated by said key levers, a universal bar mounted behind said cam levers'and operable by the cam levers actuated by the writing-key levers and space-key levers; said shift-key levers and their associated cam levers being operable independently of said universal bar;-substantially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 29th day of July 1912.

ERNEST H. ALBERTSON. Witnesses:

S. ANDREWS, C. MULREANY. 

